Deuteronomy 7:16   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 7:17   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

You may say to yourselves, "These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?"

Deuteronomy 7:18   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:19   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

Deuteronomy 7:20   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.

Deuteronomy 7:21   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

Deuteronomy 7:22   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.

Deuteronomy 7:23   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:24   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them.

Deuteronomy 7:25   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:26   (Read all of Deuteronomy 7)

Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.

Deuteronomy 8:1   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 8:2   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

Deuteronomy 8:3   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:4   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

Deuteronomy 8:5   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

Deuteronomy 8:6   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him.

Deuteronomy 8:7   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land-a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;

Deuteronomy 8:9   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.

Deuteronomy 8:10   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

Deuteronomy 8:11   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.

Deuteronomy 8:12   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,

Deuteronomy 8:13   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,

Deuteronomy 8:14   (Read all of Deuteronomy 8)

then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.